I was lookin thru old pix and saw I hung my projector on Nov. 16, 2011- as of today I have 1250 hours (Panny 3000)... I will say 100 of them are probably from having too many adult beverages and walking out leaving it on, but bulb had powered down- but pix still seem nice and bright-

What say ye-- too many hours in a year? During the summer i watch movies wit the kid every night- college football lots- --

Should I replace bulb- its hard to compare brightness to a year earlier as far as color and contrast - since thats all i See - to me it still looks great- had my 71 and 83 year old folks watch Avengers last night and they loved it -